Veloz pockets Mod Madness cash at Davenport

Milo Veloz Jr. came on strong in the second half of the IMCA Modified Madness 50, scoring the victory and the $2,000 top prize. The 50-lap main event capped a great night of racing at the Davenport Speedway on Kile Motorsports night. Veloz started the feature in the 12th position and had moved up to third by...

Milo Veloz Jr. came on strong in the second half of the IMCA Modified Madness 50, scoring the victory and the $2,000 top prize. The 50-lap main event capped a great night of racing at the Davenport Speedway on Kile Motorsports night.

Veloz started the feature in the 12th position and had moved up to third by the midway point of the race. The Colona, Illinois racer would take the lead from Gilman, Iowa’s Richie Gustin on lap 34, en route to the victory.

Gustin, led laps ten through thirty-three and finished a strong second, after starting on the outside pole.

Brad Dierks beat out Dan Chapman for a third place finish, with early race leader Bob Dominacki, rounding out the top five. Dominacki, Gustin, Scott Hogan, and Darin Duffy won the four IMCA Modified heat races. Chapman and J.D. Auringer won the two semi-features. Thirty-six modifieds were on hand for the event.

Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model point leader, Mike Murphy Jr. returned to victory lane. Murphy took the lead on lap 18 of the 25-lap main. Bart Miller, Gary Webb, Chuck Hanna, and Marty Diercks each took a turn at the top spot, before Murphy grabbed the lead.

Diercks would hang on for second with Colby Springsteen third in his first points race at Davenport this season. Hanna finished in the fourth spot and Justin Kay completed the top five.

Murphy, Marty Diercks, and Spencer Diercks won late model heats.

Jeremy Marquette also chalked up his second feature win of the season in the Koehler Electric Street Stocks. Marquette snatched the lead from Emily Gade on lap ten and drove to the win. Emily would hang on for second, with Josh Neal earning a hard fought third. Jerry Pratt and Chip Kohl were fourth and fifth respectively.

Mitch Bielenberg was the third repeat feature winner of the night. Mitch zipped into the lead after a lap four yellow. Once in the lead, Bielenberg cruised to an easy win ahead of the hornet’s nest behind him. Early race leader Jake Ellithorpe took second. Gage Neal survived the scramble for third. Ricky Kay and Tristin Clark rounded out the first five.

Weekly points racing continues next Friday, June 8th, with the Midwest Jalopies making their second appearance of 2012.